While I agree in principle with the ‘NEED’ to speak the native language of where you live and work, having it as a mandatory requirement flies in the face of HIGH INTELLIGENCE.
IT IS A FACT THAT FIRST MIGRANT ARRIVALS ON EVERY CONTINENT AND COUNTRY DO NOT SPEAK THE LOCAL SLANG AND NATIVE LANGUAGE AND HAVE DIFFICULTIES ADAPTING TO THEIR NEW ADOPTED COUNTRIES. EVEN WITH EFFORT, FOR AN ADULT LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE SKILL IS NOT AN EASY TASK.
CASE IN POINT. MY OWN MOTHER. NATIVE FRENCH CANADIAN AND HAS LIVED IN AN ENGLISH ENVIRONMENT SINCE THE EARLY ’70’s. I STILL R.O.F.L. IN STITCHES WHEN I HEAR HER SPEAK ENGLISH.
I WAS RAISED IN ENGLISH SCHOOLS MY WHOLE LIFE AND BECAUSE OF A PISS POOR GRADE 7 FRENCH TEACHER IN A CATHOLIC SCHOOL, MY OWN FRENCH NATIVE LANGUAGE SKILLS ARE NOT UP TO PAR. AS A CONSEQUENCE, I DECIDED TO SEND BOTH MY OWN CHILDREN TO FRENCH SCHOOL TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE.
IT IS NOT UNTIL THE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS ARE RAISED IN THEIR NEW COUNTRIES THAT LANGUAGE AND CUSTOMS AND RITUALS ARE INCORPORATED INTO THEIR LIVES.
YOU CAN ONLY ASK IMMIGRANTS TO LEARN WHAT THEY CAN, NOT ORDER THEM TO UNDER PENALTIES THAT MAKE NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. IT IS NOT HELPFUL NOR INTELLIGENT.
THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC IN CANADA IS LEARNING THAT LESSON. THEY KNOW THEY CANNOT OPERATE IN A FRENCH VACUUM IN DEALING WITH THE AMERICAN MARKETPLACE. SPEAKING ON DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS WILL ONLY GUARANTEE FAILURE. THEY MUST LEARN OR THEY WILL PERISH IN A GLOBALLY CONNECTED WORLD.
IMMIGRANTS KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THIS VERY WELL. TRY AS THEY MIGHT, THEY CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH ON TOP OF PAYING THE DAILY BILLS.
Live~NRGY 
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